this morning, laying down the law. >> the accused colorado shooting back in court wan few hours. will he again, dazed and confused. as the injured mother of the youngest victim suffers yet another tragedy. candid comments from dick cheney, calling sarah palin's pick a mistake. elation and agony for team usa. a flop for phelps and company. and stuck. roller coaster riders stranded for hours, 150 feet up.

and good monday morning, everyone. the suspected colorado gunman is back in court this morning. >> james holmes is expected to hear the long list of charges against him with all eyes, again, on his appearance, though shocking in the first court appearance next week. >> brandi hitt joins us from colorado with more. good morning, brandi. >> reporter: good morning. in a few heres, we'll hear about the charges of james holmes. >> monday july 30th. >> reporter: the prosecution is expected to lay down the hammer on 24-year-old james holmes ten days after colorado's movie theater massacre. he could face hundreds of charges, including 12 counts of first degree murder, 58 counts of attempted murder.

>> i don't care what his motive is. he knew what he was doing. i said, i want to see him. i want to see justice. >> reporter: ashley moser's stepmother says she'll be in the courtroom. not only did ashley lose her 6-year-old daughter in the shooting spree, she was shot several times and suffered a miscarriage. >> ashley's been through a lot. >> reporter: so have the victims' families. many buried their loved ones over the weekend. at the center of this investigation is a netbook that james sent to his psychiatrist. >> if a psychologist or psychiatrist feels that a patient they're treating may pose a threat, in most states they're obligated to do something. >> reporter: in this case, holmes' attorneys will say the

seizure of that notebook was a breach of confidentiality. they'll argue to get that notebook back in court today and that it also can't be used as evidence. >> you mentioned ashley moser's miscarriage. heart breaking. does that mean 13 charges will be filed now for murder? >> reporter: no, rob, not in colorado. we learned from a foerm prosecutor that in this state, homicide charges are not applied to those not born alive. in this case, it will still be 12 murder victims, not 13. but a tragedy for the family. at first, we thought she would be able to carry the baby. we learned over the weekend that the stress was just too much. >> a devastating turn. thank you, brandi. a developing story if the heartland. a series of bomb threats against walmart stores in two states.

three stores in kansas were temporarily close e ed and inspd by police. no bombs were found. overseas, syrians with fleeing their country in droves as a fierce battle continues to rage in aleppo. rebels celebrating after seizing a government tank. the opposition has reportedly taken over large section of the city. but syrian troops are pounding rebel conditions to regain control. mitt romney says the u.s. has a moral imperative to keep iran from getting nuclear weapons. the israelis have a right to defend themselves from the iranian threat. he wraps up his three-nation tour today with a wit to poland.

we're hearing can ditd comments from former vp dick cheney. he pulled no punches. frankly, the vice presidential vetting process wasn't handled well by john mccain's camp four years ago. >> i like governor palin. i've met her, i know her. she's an attractive candidate. based on her background, he had only been a governor for two years, i don't think she passed that test. >> being ready? >> being ready to take over. i think that was a mistake. >> no comment from palin's camp. romney will announce his choice this the coming weeks. we'll hear more from cheney on "good morning america." and there's new word on treatment being received by jesse jackson jr. he's been treated for depression

and gastrointestinal issues. protesters in anaheim are angry over the police shootings of two unarmed men. the protests culminated on tuesday night with the hundreds of protesters surging throughdown town. a giant dust storm engulfed phoenix yesterday. scientists say we can expect larger and more frequent storms like this and they're blaming it on climate change. that seems to be responsible for a lot of things right now. >> it's been a wild country across the country. time for a look at the weather across the country on your back to work monday morning.

storms from phoenix to palm springs and vegas. isolated showers and thunderstorms here in the northeast. >> 70s from boston to new york. 80s in the midwest. 90s in the rockies 37 triple digits in texas. coming up negs after the break, a bad weekend for one ceo who just lost $150 million. >> that one is going to hurt a little bit. >> whoo! >> but good news for travelers. air fares on the verge of a dip. and fear not all you "modern family" fans out there, the feud is over. the cast is getting a very healthy raise.

welcome back, everybody. it's a homecoming of sorts for the stock market today. for the first time in almost three months, the dow jones industrial average opening above 13,000. it gained 188 points on friday because of enkourning news from europe and a government report showing the economy did not slow as much as had been feared. a problem with the new 787 dreamliner jet. debris from an engine started a grass fire over the weekend. five of the planes have been grounded. boeg says it still has confidence in its new jet. and watch for airfares to

come down soon, at least for a little wile. travel website farecompare cease drop in prices. the demand this summer seems to be down a little. airlines are likely to hold off on more fare hike attempts. >> that's refreshing. sfwlit will last for about 1 minutes. the take for "the dark knight" keeps rising at the box office. it was the number one film for a second weenend in a row. there was a 60% drop from the opening weekend. it took in $64 million. ice age, continental drift was the second place, just over 13 million bucks there. and the watch, getting slammed by the critics, still brought in about $13 million. it may have been a bitter weekend for starbucks' ceo howard schultz.

he lost $150 million on friday. he owns more than 30 million shares. >> coffee was on ice? bad joke this monday morning. and there's anger here in new york about a program that would lock up baby formula at hospitals all this the name of promoting breast-feeding for newborns. mayor michael bloomberg is backing the volunteer program that begins this september. baby formula will be available. mothers who receive it will get a lesson about the benefit about breast-feeding before they can tap the formula. >> good to know. the mayor getting involved in all kinds of issues over the last couple of months. an active mayor. and the action from the london games. including a supreme disappointment at the pool for team usa. and stranded 14 stories up.

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delays possible in phoenix, las vegas, denver, and miami. >> it's a monday, bear with us. day three of the summer olympics in london is already under way. medals will be handed out in 12 many events. the men's 4 by 100 freestyle relay was a disappointing 1i8 ver medal. lochte adds the silver to the gold he won on saturday. >> dana vollmer is bringing home a gold medal after her victory if the women's 100-meter butterfly. she set a new world record in the process. she summed it up by sayin she was on top of the world, understandably so. well done. >> and the other high-profile competition going on is gymnastics. the u.s. men go for the gold in the team events later today. >> the u.s. women's team had the

highest scores of all in qualifying. there was a surprise as well. a heavy favorite, jordyn wieber, failed to qualify in the all-around competition. she was eliminated, as you can tell by that moment right there. >> some commentators think she was underscored and deserved to move on. no such problem for the men's team. they pulled away from france. final score, 98-71. the first lady there to cheer them on. the team is -- their next game is tomorrow against tunisia. >> let's check the all-important medal count at this point. china leads, 12 over all, half of them gold. the u.s. in second, 11 medals in all. italy in third with seven medals. >> kazakhstan has two. >> very nice. giving organizers headaches

in london seems to be a whole lot of empty seats. >> they've been hard to miss. some of the unused tickets went to games sponsors. in an effort to pack the venues, organizers are going the give free tickets to british soldiers and school groups. >> the most memorable part involved queen elizabeth and her dive out of a helicopter. it was veteran skydiver gary connery, no relation to sean. he called friday's jump his most memorable ever. he look pretty in pink. >> now for some uniquely american sports, we get the highlights from our friends at espn. >> good morning, randy scott here. the brickyard 400. we pick things up, 31 laps to go.

tight racing off a restart. kyle busch struggled of late. gets underneath johnson. johnson holding him off. we're on board. a little bit of wiggle. no issues. jimmie johnson, a run of greg biffle, passes him. johnson led 99over all laps. back here in the 20th position. joey logano turns side waist, gets into bobby labonte and takes matt kenseth to the wall. johnson, he's won three times at the brickyard. twice this season. looking for his tenth career three-win season. he kisses the bricks for the fourth time in his career. baseball, by the bay. cl clayton kershaw. he gets theriot swinging. dodgers, up 2-0. that was enough for kershaw, the

way he was rolling. he gets cabrera. breaking off the nasty curveball. and pagan grounds out to end it. kershaw, a five-hit shutout. the dodgers complete the sweep in san francisco. american league guys taking center stage on "monday night baseball." angels and rangers from the ballpark at arlington. 7:00 eastern on espn. up next, more from london. back across the pond. the moment from the opening ceremony that has at least one nation seeing red. and they fought for a raise and got it. how much the "modern family" cast will be making now. time to get jealous.

it's time to check "the pull" the pop culture on this monday morning. starting with a family feud averted. >> the stars of the hit show "modern family" have settled their contract dispute just in time to start the season today. >> it includes a lot of the stars. they'll make a reported 180 grand an episode, triple what they were making. a little inspiration from actress jada pinkett smith is

like a fine wine. gets better with age. >> to my 40 and over crew, don't believe the hype, we do get better with age. >> yes, indeed. she does gymnastics, yoga, boxing, and martial arts. here in the red shirt, right alon side the indian athletes in yellow and black, a parade crasher. >> she was a cast member helping with the ebt. she was not supposed to walk out into the stadium. she got so caught up with the commitment, she went out there. indian officials are upset that the focus is on this one woman instead of the indian athletes.

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updating our top stories now. suspected colorado shooter james holmes returns to court this morning and will hear the charges against him formally. he's not expected to enter a plea. it's unlikely he'll speak a t all. police in kansas are investigating the source of bomb threats made to three walmart stores. the dow opens above 13,000 this morning. the first time it's been that high since early may. and looking at today's weather, popup thunderstorms in the northeast. scattered storms across the south and midwest. windy with thunderstorms and flooding from phoenix to vegas. and finally from us this morning, as we watch the olympians compete and collect the medals, there's a whole group of superfans we don't usually ever see.

>> it's a little uncomfortable when we do see them. nick schifrin reports on the agony and ecstasy of being an olympian's mom. >> reporter: behind every medalist is those that support them. that's 28-year-old peter vanderkaay, and those are his parents. you to think you deserve a little credit for his success? >> there had to be discipline and order and structure. if there wasn't, i'm not so sure that maybe he would have gone as far as he did. >> reporter: vanderkaay says his parents are his biggest influence. it hassenn't been easy. this week end, it all paid off. >> and vanderkaay the bronze. >> reporter: but oh, is it so hard to watch. that's his mother in the stands. can you watch when he's actually competing? >> yes. there's been times where i have thought, i'm going to go out in

the hall, because i don't know if i can do this. >> reporter: robin and mark used to swim themselves. they say it's harder to watch than to compete. >> because you have no control. if you're a control-freak mom. >> reporter: not that you are. >> right. >> you want the get behind him, give him a push, do something. that's not possible. >> reporter: they know they've been giving him that push for 28 years. the vanderkaays say their sacrifices have been worth it. they admit it doesn't all come out as well as it did for peter this weekend. when that happens, parents say they share every ounce of disappointment felt by their sons and daughters. >> in swimming, the women's 100 meter backstroke features missy frankly. >> the men's gymnastics team goes for their